A few months ago I was asked by a friend to give a talk at a Muslim youth group in our town about how we try to live an eco-friendly lifestyle.  I was honoured to be asked, and keen on principle to do do some green evangelising, but I secretly hoped that it would all fall through.  One reason was that I’ve never left Piper with anyone other than my sister (once) or my mom (this doesn’t happen often as my mom lives in South Africa), and I was unsure how to get around the obstacle of not wanting to have a non-family member looking after her for the hour.  I decided that if Ayrton would play with Piper in the youth group creche under supervision, then I’d be happy to go ahead with the talk.  And so I did, it was this afternoon, and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it.  The children were so switched on, really aware of the problems the planet is facing, so different to the way that I was at that age, living unaware of what was really going on around me.  The hour flew by, my powerpoint presentation actually worked, and I feel like I’ve done something good.  I’m also very relieved it’s all over!